Bat Cat

“Certain things were important in the moment and so you called, only with insight and dread to catch up with you later. Sensory states came and went. You could call on a whim and there was no guarantee that the whim would return. But an entire life could be changed by one phone call made on such a whim at the exact right, or wrong, moment.”
― Lena Andersson, Utan personligt ansvar

“At some point in their education, most smart people usually learn not to credit arguments from authority. If someone says “Believe me about the minimum wage because I seem like a trustworthy guy,” most of them will have at least one neuron in their head that says “I should ask for some evidence”. If they’re really smart, they’ll use the magic words “peer-reviewed experimental studies.” But I worry that most smart people have not learned that a list of dozens of studies, several meta-analyses, hundreds of experts, and expert surveys showing almost all academics support your thesis– can still be bullshit.”
― Scott Alexander, Slate Star Codex Abridged

“Welcome to the Antimemetics Division. No, this is not you first day.”
― qntm, There Is No Antimemetics Division

“I’m an orphan raised by carnies fighting with a stick and a string from the Paleolithic era.”
― Matt Fraction, Hawkeye Vol. 1